jante

French

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *cambita, borrowed from a Transalpine Gaulish cambita, a derivative of Gaulish cambo (“curve”). Perhaps related to Late Latin gamba.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʒɑ̃t/

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

jante f (plural jantes)

1. wheel (of a bike, without the tire)
2. rim (of a wheel), wheelrim

Derived terms

• déjanter

Descendants

• → Hijazi Arabic: جَنْط (janṭ)
• → Portuguese: jante
• → Romanian: jantă
• → Spanish: llanta
• → Turkish: jant

Further reading

• “jante”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Galician

Verb

jante

1. (reintegrationist norm) inflection of jantar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʒɐ̃.t͡ʃi/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʒɐ̃.t͡ʃi/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʒɐ̃.te/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈʒɐ̃.tɨ/

• Rhymes: (Brazil) -ɐ̃tʃi, (Portugal) -ɐ̃tɨ
• Hyphenation: jan‧te

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French jante. Compare Spanish llanta, from the same source.

Noun

jante f (plural jantes)

1. rim (of a car wheel), wheelrim

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

jante

1. inflection of jantar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “jante”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
• “jante”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024

Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈʒante]

Noun

jante f

1. inflection of jantă:
   1. indefinite plural
   2. indefinite genitive/dative singular

Swedish

Noun

jante c

1. (colloquial) Law of Jante

   Synonym: jantelag

   Det där känns jante

   That feels like the Law of Jante

Usage notes

Sometimes used more like an adjective, like in the example.

Declension

Declension of jante

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	jante	jantes
	definite	janten	jantens
plural	indefinite	—	—
	definite	—	—